With the 2019 National fast approaching, I realized that I have some work to do. Not only do I have to make sure that my want lists are completely up to date (and accessible easily through my pho...
http://www.communitygum.com/2019/07/15/national-catch-up-maddux-edition/
A few months ago, I went on a little bit of a credit spending spree on Sportlots. I had (and still have) a good chunk of change in my account from selling over the years and not cashing out for f...
http://www.communitygum.com/2019/06/15/starting-to-sample-my-latest-sportlots-order/
Baseball cards are wonderful things with a ton of variety. Some of that variety is from different manufacturers that employ techniques intended to set themselves apart from their competition. Som...
I’m happy with the progress I’ve been making with the blog lately. It’s surprising how frequently I’ve been able to write (haven’t been able to read all that much). I don’t know how l...
http://www.communitygum.com/2019/04/16/cant-spell-really-big-card-trade-without-gcrl-part-3/
Back in April of last year, I had to go to Rockford where my company’s home office is for some office-wide training. That was pretty standard stuff, but also only lasted half of the day. They l...
http://www.communitygum.com/2019/04/11/last-years-card-shop-visit/
I’m at the point now where I want to start building up some more trade bait for the blog so I can get new packages coming in, since I’m so close to giving credit to all the packages that have...
http://www.communitygum.com/2019/04/09/still-stuck-on-a-trade-from-2017/
It’s time for another “trade” post, everybody! I’ve been doing well in sticking with the one-every-three posts schedule. It’s really helped me get caught up. In fact, this package came ...
http://www.communitygum.com/2019/03/18/catching-a-random-package-from-night-owl/
This is part eleven of a twenty-five part series chronicling my budding collections of the 2016 World Series champion Cubs. Obviously, I’ve already starting showing off some of those cards, but...
http://www.communitygum.com/2019/02/10/introducing-the-kyle-hendricks-collection/
My December takeaways from Ebay were quite something. I found a card that I never saw on offer for 8 years, after all. After that high, January tended to be on the low side. I also decided to hol...
http://www.communitygum.com/2019/02/07/january-2019-ebay-wins/
Well, I guess this new year is here to stay. I’m not one to make resolutions, but it can’t hurt too much to make some attainable goals for the year. I’ve thought about several different are...